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| − | * 他 <em>比</em> 我 高 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>bǐ</em> wǒ gāo <em>dé duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">He is a lot taller than I am.</span> | + | *他 <em>比</em> 我 高 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Tā <em>bǐ</em> wǒ gāo <em>dé duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">He is a lot taller than I am.</span> |
| − | * 狗 <em>比</em> 猫 笨 <em>多了</em>。<span class="pinyin">Gǒu <em>bǐ</em> māo bèn <em>duō le</em>.</span><span class="trans">Dogs are much more stupid than cats.</span> | + | *狗 <em>比</em> 猫 笨 <em>多了</em>。<span class="pinyin">Gǒu <em>bǐ</em> māo bèn <em>duō le</em>.</span><span class="trans">Dogs are much more stupid than cats.</span> |
| − | * 你 <em>比</em> 我 胖 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>bǐ</em> wǒ pàng <em>dé duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">You're a lot fatter than I am.</span> | + | *你 <em>比</em> 我 胖 <em>得多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ <em>bǐ</em> wǒ pàng <em>dé duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">You're a lot fatter than I am.</span> |
| − | * 我 <em>比</em> 他 酷 <em>多了</em>。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>bǐ</em> tā kù <em>duō le</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am much cooler than he is.</span> | + | *我 <em>比</em> 他 酷 <em>多了</em>。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>bǐ</em> tā kù <em>duō le</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am much cooler than he is.</span> |
| − | * | + | *你 妈妈 <em>比</em> 我 妈妈 年轻 <em>很多</em>。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ māma <em>bǐ</em> wǒ māma niánqīng <em>hěn duō</em>.</span><span class="trans">Your mother is much younger than my mother.</span> |
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If you want to up the intensity of your comparisons, you might want to express "much more." You can do this using 多 (duō), but did you know there are actually three different ways to do it?
Structure
As well as expressing that two things differ, you might want to go further and say that they differ a lot by adding 得多 / 多了/ 很多 (dé duō/duō le/hěn duō). This is like saying that one thing is much more Adj. than another in English.
Subj. + 比 + Noun + Adj. + 得多 / 多了 / 很多
Examples
- 他 比 我 高 得多。He is a lot taller than I am.
- 狗 比 猫 笨 多了。Dogs are much more stupid than cats.
- 你 比 我 胖 得多。You're a lot fatter than I am.
- 我 比 他 酷 多了。I am much cooler than he is.
- 你 妈妈 比 我 妈妈 年轻 很多。Your mother is much younger than my mother.
See also
- Expressing "a bit too"
- Basic comparisons with "bi"
- The "zui" superlative
- Basic comparisons with "bu bi"
Sources and further reading
Books
- New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (新实用汉语课本4) (pp. 20) →buy
- Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (3rd ed) (pp. 6- 8) →buy
Websites
- East Asia Student: Graded comparisons in Mandarin Chinese
